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statement of Scott concerning, 42; description and character of as a boy; outrage by on housekeeper of Catholic Church, 43; a bright scholar; had to be whipped; a teacher in Canal Dover Union School; venturing into the world, 44; went to Mendota, Ills.; first letter to mother; a manly letter, 45; second letter to mother, 46; the Quantrills and Texas; letter of to Kellam; his impressions of Illinois; never sent his mother any money, 47; letter to mother saying he was tired of the West, 48; had sold no "tinner" books; a change; sliding down the scale; a crisis in the life of; flees to Fort Wayne; told his mother that something had happened to him at Mendota; not certain that he taught school at Mendota; worked in lumber yard; taught near Fort Wayne, 49; experiences of away from home, 50; not known what happened to him at Mendota; rumor that he killed a man; the only record of it; Scott to write well of, 51; rumors that he killed man at Mendota; a changed man afterwards; attended school at Fort Wayne, 52; left Fort Wayne suddenly and returned home; taught school winter of board-bill unpaid; bill sent to 1856-57 in Tuscarawas Co.; left Kansas for collection; where he taught schools in Ohio, 53; wanted to go to Kansas with Beeson and Torrey; arranged to do so, 55; went with them; the Torreys ever his friends and champions, 56; took "tinner'' books with him; letter of writ-

ten on the Missouri, 57; intended to go to Leavenworth; landed at Wayne City, Jackson Co., Mo., and went to Stanton, Kansas; description of when got to Kansas, 58; a degenerate; strange talk; lazy; held malice, 59; had no natural affection; never gave mother money; gave it to mistress to start house of ill-fame in St. Louis; statement of White concerning, 60; location of land held by for Torrey; amount paid him for holding claim, 62; whipped by Beeson for attempted murder; statement of Beeson about land; legal description of Quantrill land, 63; letter of to mother; wanted to bring mother to Kansas; progress of settlers, 64; life on squatter claim in Kansas ; unsatisfactory worker; prowled through timber, 65; began to stay about Bennings; first turn to border ruffianism by Bennings; son of Bennings crossed Plains with, 66; claim of against Colonel Torrey settled by Backs; final receipt to Torrey, 67; stole cattle from Beeson; forced at muzzle of rifle to return cattle; stole pistol and blankets from Torrey, 68; mysterious tie between him and Torrey's family; letter to mother, 69; state of mind of; letter to mother; still thought he would get farm; not to get married, 70; letter to Franklin, 71; one of settlers at Tuscarora Lake, Johnson county, Kansas, winter of 1857-58; letter to Scott; left Torrey's; denounced Democrats, 72; life in Kansas, 73; stole blankets and